2023 · Lebanon History
- 1 February 2023Official rate moved to 15,000On 1 February 2023 the Banque du Liban changed the official exchange rate from 1,507.5 to 15,000 lira to the dollar,…
- 6 February 2023The earthquake
- 21 March 2023The dollar passes 100,000 liraIn March 2023 the dollar passed 100,000 lira and reached about 140,000 on 21 March before falling back and settling…
- 6 April 2023Rockets from the South
- 16 May 2023French arrest warrant for Riad SalamehOn 16 May 2023 the French judiciary issued an international arrest warrant for the Banque du Liban governor Riad…
- 28 June 2023Quran burning outside the Stockholm mosque
- 29 July 2023Ain al-Hilweh camp clashesOn 29 July 2023 clashes broke out in the Ain el-Hilweh camp between Fatah and Islamist groups after the assassination…
- 31 July 2023Salameh's term ends; Mansouri takes over as acting governorOn 31 July 2023 Riad Salameh left the Banque du Liban after thirty years without a successor being appointed, and the…
- 9 August 2023The Kahaleh incident
- 5 October 2023Massacre at the officers' graduation ceremonyOn 5 October 2023 drones attacked an officers' graduation ceremony at the military academy in Homs, killing 89 people,…
- 7 October 20237 OctoberAt dawn on 7 October 2023 Hamas launched the "al-Aqsa Flood" attack from Gaza on the settlements of the Gaza envelope…
- 8 October 2023Hezbollah opens the "support front" from the southOn 8 October 2023, the day after the al-Aqsa Flood, the Islamic Resistance shelled Israeli positions in the Shebaa…
- 25 October 2023Nasrallah meets Nakhalah and Arouri: axis coordination after the FloodOn 25 October 2023 Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah met the secretary-general of Islamic Jihad Ziad al-Nakhalah and the deputy…
- 3 November 2023Nasrallah's first speech after 7 OctoberOn 3 November 2023, after four weeks of anticipation, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gave his first speech after the al-Aqsa…